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Meaning of placebo



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placebo
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Substance that is supposed to have a healing effect but lacks any active substance and can only create a suggestion of efficacy in those who use it. The name is of Latin origin and can be translated as "I will please". See nocebo .

  



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

It is a type of innocuous or inert medicine that generates a feeling of well-being for a patient but does not actually cure their ills. They are used as control elements of a clinical trial.

  

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Anonimo

Everything, physical or psychological, devoid of any quality activates that he allows the individual a feeling of well-being. For example, amulet.

  










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